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Hong Kong shelter saves 351 animals in 6 months as trapping, smuggling cases surge
South China Morning Post, Published on 07/01/2026
» HONG KONG — Illegal dog trapping and cat smuggling have become alarmingly common, with an animal rescue group reporting that it saved 351 animals in Hong Kong over the past six months - an average of two per day.
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific apologises after second suspected food poisoning
South China Morning Post, Published on 10/01/2025
» Hong Kong's flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has apologised to affected passengers on two flights from Nepal and pledged to assist health authorities' investigation after food poisoning struck travellers on two consecutive days.
Thailand's property boom attracts Chinese investors, but fraud risks loom
South China Morning Post, Published on 19/12/2024
» Thailand's property market is booming and so is fraud. Mainland Chinese buyers, who accounted for nearly half of the purchases by foreigners last year, are among the victims.
Hong Kong's past heatwaves potentially contributed to 1,677 excess deaths: university study
South China Morning Post, Published on 05/08/2024
» Heatwaves in Hong Kong over the last 10 years may have contributed to more than 1,600 deaths, according to a projection from university researchers, who have urged authorities to create an extreme weather action plan to reduce health risks.
China aims for upgrades: domestic aircraft engines, larger planes
South China Morning Post, Published on 11/04/2024
» China expects to make progress on an advanced aeroplane engine, a bigger commercial jet, and an amphibious search-and-rescue aircraft under a government plan to upgrade production equipment across industries through 2027 and improve the economy.
Total solar eclipse races across North America
South China Morning Post, Published on 09/04/2024
» NEW YORK - Millions of people across North America readied for a total solar eclipse on Monday - some gazing anxiously at wayward clouds - as the moon began creeping across the face of the sun in western Mexico before it blocks it out completely.
China considers making bosses pay workers for online 'invisible overtime'
South China Morning Post, Published on 11/03/2024
» China will consider legal protection for employees who have to stay online after office hours, a form of "invisible overtime" that the supreme court says warrants compensation.
China's ban on Australian lobsters has Asean members clawing way into market
South China Morning Post, Published on 24/01/2024
» Southeast Asian countries are fishing for more opportunities to get their lobsters onto Chinese plates, and analysts expect that the trend will not only intensify, but it will also become increasingly difficult to reverse the longer that Beijing's protracted ban on Australian rock lobsters remains in effect.
Chinese migrants 'trafficked' to Oklahoma, official says
South China Morning Post, Published on 11/01/2024
» Undocumented Chinese nationals recruited on international websites to cross into the United States are becoming victims of labour and sex trafficking, often on illicit marijuana farms run by Mexican and Chinese syndicates in Oklahoma, the state's top law enforcement official said on Wednesday.
China's bamboo could replace high-emitting plastics, but tech bottlenecks are stunting growth
South China Morning Post, Published on 04/12/2023
» It feeds one of the Earth's rarest species. It was the writing surface for some of the earliest books. It could prove essential in reducing vast amounts of carbon emissions - and China has more of it than anywhere else.